Peter Snowden admits that big-money buy Sakima, a three-quarter sister to her stakes-placed former stablemate Russian Conquest, is still a work in progress but her first-up win on the Kensington track July 17 proved to her co-trainer that the 2-year-old is heading in the right direction.
The AU$1.25 million Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale graduate, who was purchased by her trainers, agent Will Johnson and Trilogy Racing last year, won her 1100-meter (about 5 1/2 furlongs) maiden under Jason Collett. The filly had raced once in March before being spelled.
Having been settled back near the tail of the seven-runner field Wednesday, Sakima was angled out to the center of the track before letting down impressively to defeat the game So You Think debutante Queen’s Rhapsody by a length, with the Written Tycoon filly Alinea 2.9 lengths further back in third.
“It was good to see her do that. She’s always promised a bit, and she is a well-related filly, and it was a good win first-up,” said Snowden, who trains the winner in partnership with his son Paul.
“She is not the finished product. She’s from a good family, so hopefully, she can go on with it and win a good race.”
Sakima, who wears the Trilogy Racing silks, is also a half-sister to the United States stakes-placed winner Bourbon War , being the third winner out of the high-class Artie Schiller mare My Conquestadory .
The winner of Keeneland’s Alcibiades Stakes (G1) in 2013, My Conquestadory was a $1.5 million purchase for SF Bloodstock and Newgate Farm at Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale in 2016.
After foaling a Russian Revolution filly last spring, My Conquestadory was again covered by Snitzel.
Lime Country Thoroughbreds and Ravenswood Bloodstock combined to buy Russian Conquest for $580,000 from the Newgate consignment at the 2024 National Broodmare Sale.
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